Does my breastfed baby need more milk at daycare?

My daycare is requesting that I send more milk for my 5 month old. She currently drinks four 5oz bottles. She is exclusively breastfed. She has a hard time napping at daycare. On days that she naps well, she takes less milk. They gave her 23 ounces one day. At the end of the day, they said that she wanted the milk and then only drank 3 ounces and then refused the rest. I'm thinking that she is getting overtired and they are overfeeding her as a way to soothe. She generally only gets maybe an hour of napping per day. On days that she's at home, she naps at least 3 hours during the day and sleeps great at night (6pm to 7am with one wake up to nurse).

Heres a good link that will help you determine how much milk to send: http://www.kellymom.com/bf/pumping/milkcalc.html Four 5 oz bottles seems a bit much.How long is she there?The general amt needed is1-1.5 oz per hr away.So for an 8 hr period 8-12 oz should be enough. I think you are right,she is tired &amp; they are just feeding her instead of trying other ways to soothe her.I would take a weekend &amp; write down her routine,when she nurses,sleeps, etc..then take that &amp; work up a schedule for thedaycare.Print it out &amp; tell them to follow it.For example: if u nurse her right before u drop her off, tell them she doesn't need a bottle until 10. Fix a bottle w/the right amount of milk &amp; u could even label it: 10:00 bottle.Tell them she doesn't need another til 12..etc,,, Be specific on when &amp; how much to feed her,it will prevent them from overfeeding. Give them ideas on how to soothe her btw bottles. Tell them when she naps so they can get her down before she gets too tired.

thats common, mine eats more at daycare and naps less, we try to make it up one the days off.....make sure they have extra though on hand, babies appetites are not that predictable...and do you want her to cry and be hungry or them to be able to give her a bottle... not to mention I don't thnk thats too much mine eats 5 bottles a days...every 3 hours from when he gets up generally....go that generally equates to 5 to 6 bottles a day

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